The Letter (3)

The Constable gasps in fear "Sir?".

Aditya orders "Leave".

The Costable salutes him before turning to leave "Yes, Sir".

Aditya adds without turning his head "And send those woman with a warning".

The Constable speaks hesitantly "But Sir. They can't be released until or Sub inspector arrives-".

Vedha smiles sweetly "Oh Sorry to interrupt you, Sir. The Sub- Inspector of your station will take forever to come back".

The Constable grunts "You shut up!".

She flinches before scoffing "Ouch! Now I have a genuine concern for you, Sir. Hope you go through a medical check up soo. Your blood pressure is definitely abnormal".

The Constable points her in anger "You!".

Vedha smirks "Your so-called senior officer was in that lodge for your kind information. And you should have known for what. Now you are told how to close this case with a warning. So, do as your Inspector instructed to. Don't want your officer and yourself in trouble, don't we?".

The Constable gasps looking at Aditya "This..".

'Why is he not replying at all?! Why is he allowing a prostitute woman to speak so much?!'.

Vedha fakes her gasp "Don't tell me you already filed an F.I.R!".

The Constable looks at Aditya who was smirking. His eyes never left her face. He is about to speak but Vedha interupts him.

She smiles "By the way..I am Vedha" and shows her identity card.

"Media".

That was all she said.

The Constable gets stunned and earns a 'leave at least now' look from Aditya. He left them alone for his own good. He doesn't want to get a freaking article written by that person and get a suspension.

Aditya chuckles walking out of the cell "Quite daring to treat an officer inside his station, Miss Vedha".

She smiles "I have been told that".

He only chuckles before asking "How about a coffee?".

She raises her eyebrows "I don't date Inspectors".

He laughs "So conceited, aren't we?!".

She shrugs carelessly "Tell me something different that I haven't heard before, Inspector".

He speaks staring her face "Aditya would be fine".

She asks letting out a relaxed breath "Ok. Mr. Aditya. If you are done, can I leave?".

He smirks "Not before the date though. After you took it as a date, I can't disappoint the lady".

She frowns yet mocks "But everyone left after being warned! Why am I treated special?".

He smiles igoring her cheesy comment "You are not one of them".

She pretends surprised "So sure? What if I am?".

Both reached outside the police station and he speaks leaning on the jeep door in front of her "Then you would be behind those bars. You would never dare to show that attitude too. So, are we still getting our coffee?".

She looks around bitterly as if suddenly she doesn't like being here "Not here".

He instantly opens the jeep door "Let's get out somewhere?".

She asks crossing her arms "Are you really asking me out ,Sir?".

He smiles shrugging "I just need to have a talk, Miss. Vedha".

She challeges him raising her single eyebrow "We have nothing to talk about".

He says "The girl".

She frowns "Who?".

He declares sadly "The one whom you met a week before is ...dead".

Vedha too gets sad 'Oh.. Shit..' and asks matter of factly "Was it her internal injury?".

He nods "Yes and we caught one of them few days back".

She nods back appreciating him "That's...good".

He notices her lost in thoughts and asks "What are you thinking?".

She shakes her head "Nothing..." but she frowns guiltily.

The girl asked her to help her but she said she will send her to some NGO organization which helped people.. which she thought best for her than being with her.

But the girl insisted on her personal help in the two visits with her.

Vedha refused saying that was not her professional ethics and she is not really a good person too for bringing a stranger to her home. She knows she can't take the huge responsibility. Dealing with her temper itself a great responsibility for her now.

'How can I take care of a broken person when I myself am a hopelessly broken person already? I don't want to hurt her further and being with me will only hurt her. Like I hurt my sister. I never wanted that guy as her husband! I hate that guy and she didn't listen to me at all! And I did what felt right but Krishna was heartbroken after what I did..Then we stopped talking...I always end up hurting everyone even though they were wrong in the first place. But this girl is not even my family. Why would I bring her to my home and hurt her in the end? I was not the final hope for her. I don't deserve that. I was there for the content and she didn't want me to write about her and I respect that'.

So, she left the sick room saying 'I never asked you to believe me. I asked you to believe in police who are truly going to help her'.

Aditya says seeing Vedha in a daze "She said she wanted to meet you more ".

Vedha just shrugs "I shouldn't get anything personal...".

He nods before saying "She told".

She asks "What?".

He continues with a strange look on his face which Vedha couldn't understand "That she asked your help".

May be disappointment.

She shrugs casually "I handed her the organization card".

But she can see his face had some strange expression. That was not like any of his expressions before. How can she know? She met him only twice.

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The Present.

Vedha opens the door and walks into her house. Throwing her keys on the coffee table, she keeps the files on it and goes to get water from her kitchen.

She frowns remembering something and mumbles "The letter...I have been in hospital for 2 days already. Shit! That means she must have already reached the Bus Terminal?".

She shrugs 'But. .Why would I help her? I don't even know her'.

She remembers how she didn't help a girl before too and throws her head in her palms. She recalls how Aditya felt disappointed at her for not helping that girl. That day she couldn't get that look on his face but after months of their relationship, she got to know that face.

Adhi was disappointed.

'What the fuck is wrong with me?! I am not a saint to worry for everyone! I don't like that too! But why am I getting this nagging feeling?!'.

The letter on her table caught her attention.

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